KABUL, Dec 10: Taliban fighters have attacked two police posts in southern Afghanistan, with eight policemen and six attackers killed in the ensuing battles, officials said on Saturday. In Helmand, about 90 Taliban stormed a police post in Garmser district on Friday, police said. Seven policemen were killed and six wounded, district police chief Haji Bahader Jan told AFP.

“Five Taliban were also killed. Four police cars were burnt and the police and district building damaged,” he said.

A purported spokesman for Taliban confirmed that about 90 of the group’s fighters had carried out the attack.

The second attack was in Zabul, the interior ministry said.

“One policeman was killed and another was injured. One dead body was left by the enemy,” spokesman Yousuf Stanizai said.—AFP